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Burt, Mary E.Poems Every Child Should Know (January 16, 2007)

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LibriVox recording of Poems Every Child Should Know, edited by Mary E. Burt. Read by Kara Shallenberg.

This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lovely poems that may be unfamiliar. Most of the poems in this collection are short enough for children to memorize.


M4B audiobook of complete book


This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Burt, Mary E.
Date: 2007-01-16
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; children; poetry

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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01 - Preface 4.7 MB
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02 - The Arrow and the Song; The Babie; Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite; Little Drops of Water; He Prayeth Best; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Spring's at the Morn; The Days of the Month 5.9 MB
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03 - True Royalty; Playing Robinson Crusoe; My Shadow; Little White Lily 4.9 MB
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04 - How the Leaves Came Down; Wee Willie Winkie; The Owl and the Pussy-Cat 5.5 MB
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05 - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod; The Duel 4.2 MB
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06 - The Boy Who Never Told a Lie; Whatever Brawls Disturb the Street; Bluebell of Scotland; Two Little Wings; Farewell 3.9 MB
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07 - Casabianca; The Captain's Daughter 3.5 MB
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08 - The Village Blacksmith; Sweet and Low; The Violet; The Rainbow 5.4 MB
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09 - A Visit from St. Nicholas; The Star-Spangled Banner 5.5 MB
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10 - Father William; The Nightingale and the Glow-worm 3.6 MB
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11 - Jack Frost; The Owl; Little Billie 5.0 MB
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12 - The Butterfly and the Bee; An Incident of the French Camp; Robert of Lincoln 6.2 MB
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13 - Old Grimes; Song of Life; Fairy Song 4.1 MB
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14 - A Boy's Song; Buttercups and Daisies; The Rainbow; Old Ironsides 4.7 MB
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15 - Little Orphant Annie; O Captain My Captain 4.9 MB
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16 - Ingratitude; The Ivy Green; The Noble Nature; The Flying Squirrel 6.1 MB
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17 - Warren's Address; The Song in Camp; The Bugle Song 5.0 MB
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18 - The Three Bells of Glasgow; Sheridan's Ride 5.5 MB
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19 - The Sandpiper; Lady Clare 6.2 MB
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20 - The Lord of Burleigh 4.5 MB
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21 - Hiawatha's Childhood 4.5 MB
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22 - I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud; John Barelycorn; A Life on the Ocean Wave 5.1 MB
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23 - The Death of the Old Year; Abou Ben Adhem 4.1 MB
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24 - A Farm-Yard Song 3.3 MB
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25 - To a Mouse; To a Mountain Daisy 5.4 MB
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26 - Barbara Frietchie 3.3 MB
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27 - Lochinvar 3.4 MB
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28 - Lord Ullin's Daughter; The Charge of the Light Brigade 4.8 MB
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29 - The Tournament; The Wind and the Moon 4.7 MB
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30 - Jesus the Carpenter; Letty's Globe; A Dream; Heaven is not Reached at a Single Bound 4.8 MB
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31 - The Battle of Blenheim 3.2 MB
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32 - Fidelity; The Chambered Nautilus 5.8 MB
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33 - Crossing the Bar; The Overland-Mail; Pibroch of Donuil Dhu 5.3 MB
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34 - Marco Bozzaris 5.3 MB
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35 - The Death of Napoleon; How Sleep the Brave; The Flag Goes By; Hohenlinden; My Old Kentucky Home 7.2 MB
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36 - Old Folks at Home; The Wreck of the Hesperus 5.7 MB
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37 - Robert Bruce's Address to his Army; The Inchcape Rock 5.5 MB
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38 - The Finding of the Lyre; A Chrysalis 4.3 MB
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39 - For a' That and a' That; The New Arrival 4.4 MB
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40 - The Brook; The Ballad of the Clampherdown 5.8 MB
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41 - The Destruction of Sennacherib; I Remember, I Remember; Driving Home the Cows 5.5 MB
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42 - Krinken; Stevenson's Birthday 3.8 MB
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43 - A Modest Wit; The Legend of Bishop Hatto 6.4 MB
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44 - Columbus; The Shepherd of King Admetus 5.6 MB
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45 - How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix 4.7 MB
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46 - The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna; The Eve of Waterloo 5.6 MB
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47 - Ivry 5.9 MB
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48 - The Glove and the Lions; The Well of St. Keyne 5.0 MB
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49 - The Nautilus and the Ammonite; The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk 4.8 MB
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50 - The Homes of England; Horatius at the Bridge (Part 1) 10.7 MB
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51 - Horatius at the Bridge (Part 2) 10.8 MB
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52 - The Planting of the Apple Tree 4.0 MB
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53 - June; A Psalm of Life; Barnacles 5.0 MB
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54 - A Happy Life; Home, Sweet Home; Juliet of Nations; Woodman, Spare That Tree 5.2 MB
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55 - Abide With Me; Lead, Kindly Light; The Last Rose of Summer; Annie Laurie 4.5 MB
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56 - The Ship of State; America; The Landing of the Pilgrims 5.2 MB
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57 - The Lotos-Eaters; Moly 5.2 MB
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58 - Cupid Drowned; Cupid Stung; Cupid and my Campasbe; A Ballad for a Boy 8.1 MB
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59 - The Skeleton in Armour 6.0 MB
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60 - The Revenge 8.0 MB
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61 - Sir Galahad; A Name in the Sand 5.8 MB
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62 - The Voice of Spring; The Forsaken Merman 10.0 MB
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63 - The Banks o' Doon; The Light of Other Days; My Own Shall Come to Me 4.6 MB
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64 - Ode to a Skylark; The Sands of Dee 4.5 MB
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65 - A Wish; Lucy; Solitude; John Anderson; The God of Music 5.3 MB
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66 - A Musical Instrument; The Brides of Enderby 10.0 MB
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67 - The Lye; L'Envoi 4.4 MB
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68 - Contentment; The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls; The Old Oaken Bucket 4.7 MB
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69 - The Raven 8.3 MB
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70 - Arnold von Winkelried 4.3 MB
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71 - Life I Know Not What Thou Art; Mercy; Polonius' Advice; Antony's Speech; The Skylark 5.6 MB
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72 - The Choir Invisible; The World is Too Much With Us; Sonnet on His Blindness; She Was a Phantom of Delight 6.1 MB
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73 - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 8.1 MB
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74 - Rabbi Ben Ezra 9.4 MB
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75 - Prospice; Recessional; Ozymandias of Egypt 5.2 MB
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76 - Mortality; On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer 5.4 MB
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77 - Herve Riel 7.4 MB
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78 - The Problem; To America 5.8 MB
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79 - The English Flag 5.3 MB
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80 - The Man with the Hoe 3.8 MB
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81 - Song of Myself (excerpts) 8.2 MB
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Reviewer: mrbilly - 5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars - December 26, 2009
Subject: Thank you Kara Shallenburg!
For using your lovely voice to make these delights available here on the internet.

Reviewer: ListeninginChicago - 5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars - July 24, 2009
Subject: Exquisite poetry for the young and young at heart
I found this book after an internet search on "Hesperus". My mom (who is 75) mentioned that after being in the wind, her mom would often say she looked like the wreck of the Hesperus. Diving into the mystery of this odd saying, I came across the poem in this lovely book. (I can imagine my grandma memorizing poems when she was in grade school - and I think her life was richer for having lines of poetry buried in her mind to call out during her life.)

This is an excellent collection that covers the gambit of classic children's poetry - from the simple (Twinkle Twinkle, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat), to the classic (The Raven), to the epic (How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix). A breadth of emotions are covered - there's plenty of lighthearted play, but balanced with some serious and challenging subjects.

KayRay does an excellent job of bringing each of these poems to life. Some were quite familiar, for some, hearing the entire poem opened up a new understanding of the one or two familiar lines I knew, and some were entirely new gems.

One of the best audio books I have listened to!


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